I train 6 days a week, but bear in mind Mon-Wed is only one movement and Thu is a rest day so it's not as full on as it looks. I I take extra rest days as and when I need them. Most workouts are 40-60mins and I very rarely train longer than an hour.

There's only one thing I'd watch out for, and that's unlocked elbows at the initial pull with the over/under grip. You see a lot of nasty bicep tears resulting from this, and it's an easy thing to change in the setup.

I'm just a little under 2wks out from a push/pull meet, starting my final heavy week now before I deload and rest up.

Deadlifted 3 x bodyweight last night so pretty happy with that, my final three sets were:

352 x 4396 x 2429 x 1 (3xbw)** PB **

Interesting thing (to me anyway) is that I've probably trained DL's less this time around than I usually do.

Im a big fan of under training my Deadlift, I very rarely go over 90% in a training cycle. Also I only Deadlift from the floor once every 2 weeks. Just my way of doing things and it works pretty well for me and my clients and my team

Nice Work! How come at the bottom, it almost appears like a stiff legged deadlift? When I deadlift, I am almost in a full squat position. I really work my quads when I deadlift so at the bottom, I look like I am squatting. What you are doing looks more like what I do when I work my hams. Maybe my technique is bad?

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Nice Work! How come at the bottom, it almost appears like a stiff legged deadlift? When I deadlift, I am almost in a full squat position. I really work my quads when I deadlift so at the bottom, I look like I am squatting. What you are doing looks more like what I do when I work my hams. Maybe my technique is bad?

Your technique is not bad. Ideally you probably want to have a starting position that looks like you are halfway through a squat (hope that makes sense) ?!

I'm a work in progress in trying to drop my hips and get lower down so I can get more leg drive, also reducing the work that my lower back is currently having to do. This is a great DL, always good to refer to in terms of optimal technique:

I prefer to have a platform at most as high as the radius of these round weights so I can touch the bar as low as my toes for the fullest possible range of motion. Does anyone else do that? You know what I mean?

I know what you mean ~ they're called deficit deadlifts.

I don't have a platform so I use smaller plates to get the same effect (see video). Increases the range of motion.

Since you guys aren't taking your thighs to parallel, aren't you mostly working your back? That is part of the reason I have stuck to squats instead and with deadlifts I do stiff legged to really hit the hamstrings. I also have never been able to use the opposing grip. I have to do both hands pronated when I do deadlifts.

I also often feel I am too tall for deadlifts so I am always trying to find the biggest trap bar I can.

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Since you guys aren't taking your thighs to parallel, aren't you mostly working your back? That is part of the reason I have stuck to squats instead and with deadlifts I do stiff legged to really hit the hamstrings. I also have never been able to use the opposing grip. I have to do both hands pronated when I do deadlifts.

Well deads do hit back & legs, but predominantly they are a back exercise.

He's the first one up in that clip, that's his final lift from a meet we both competed in last week. A comfortable 484lb deadlift at 147 bodyweight (3.288 x bw). I was sat off to the side when he pulled that and he I can tell you that he made it look easy. He told me he pulled 506 in training at the end of January, but he didn't want to attempt that weight as it was his first meet ?!

This kid has some crazy potential and I can't wait to start working with him as we both prepare for the 2012 Canterbury Champs. It will be his first full meet and I'll be back to defend my title from last year.

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